Calvin Harris joins Nicole Sherzinger in Nice for The X Factor

Calvin Harris has been confirmed to join the judges’ houses on The X Factor, seven years after being banned from the show and calling it “a joke”.

Harris will join judge Nicole Sherzinger on the ITV show in its current series.

In a video on his Snapchat, Sherzinger says to camera: “We’re just chilling here in my villa in the South of France,” to which Harris replies: “Quite nice.”

It marks a turnaround for Harris, who was barred from the show by Simon Cowell after invading the stage during a performance by Jedward in 2009. While Jedward covered Queen And David Bowie’s ‘Under Pressure’, Harris held a pineapple to his head and slapped his buttocks, leaving the stage before security reached him.

After the incident, Harris tweeted his dismissal of the show, writing: “I was inspired to make a mockery of the show. It’s a joke, and I think it should be treated as such. For the greater good of the nation, I wanted to make an idiot of myself to bring the show into another kind of arena in which it’s treated as a joke. It’s not a music competition.”